Understanding your organization's valuable data is a key component of a successful information security program. Without an adequate understanding of your organization's critical business information you, as the information security professional, will be unable to adequately ensure that your organization's interests are adequately protected.
The information security program must align with key business stakeholders to help understand what the most valuable pieces of information are in the organization so that you can work with the business and IT teams to secure the data.
Information security is not about implementing new information security tools. It is about protecting your organization's sensitive information assets. As an information security professional, you must determine what is important to your organization so that you can prioritize your security activities.
